Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"The princess' bangs. This gem inlaid in the golden crown is our target this time."

In the basement of the Kuroba family, Kuroba Toichi is telling Kaito and Terai about the objective of this mission.

"The reason why the Suzuki Foundation's museum wants to exhibit this treasure is because the Principality of Sabelina in Europe wants to carry out various activities with Japan and chose the Suzuki Foundation as a partner."

The mission situation of the operation is something that a thief must master, and the map of the renovated Suzuki Museum and the names of all the staff in the museum must be memorized completely.

Hei Yu Daoyi knocked the small stick in his hand on the screen on the wall, and two gems appeared.

"This Paris Sunshine was stolen by Kaito last time. Although the jewels this time are not as good as that one, their significance is even more extraordinary."

Kuroba Kaito thought of the lively and lovely blonde princess, and the smile on his lips made his old father narrow his eyes.

"The King and Queen of the Principality of Bellina doted on their daughter, so they gave her the largest gem in Europe. So this gem actually represents a more important status than the last one."

Kuroba Daoyi put his hands behind his back and said, "Our identities are already known to Suzuki Jirokichi and his men. Even if they intend to compete with Kidd in an upright manner, they will subconsciously think in the direction of our family in the end. This is exactly our disadvantage."

"I understand, Master Daoyi, I will be the first to disguise myself and go find out the situation."

Terai turned to look at Kaito.

"As for Master Kaito, you should stop being stubborn and go to the museum with Miss Aoko. Mr. Suzuki doesn't mind you going there, he knows you'll go there secretly anyway."

"Isn't this just me admitting defeat?"

Kuroba Toichi's eyes moved from Kidd's white sports car to him and said, "If you don't want to lose face, then prepare well and use all the means you can within a reasonable range. This is what a real Phantom Thief would do."

"All right……"

Under the watchful eyes of the two elders, Kaito chose a standard casual outfit and took the train to Beika Town with Aoko.

"I'm surprised Aoko didn't laugh at me."

Standing by the train door, Kaito, holding Aoko in his arms, looked at the girl while fiddling with the playing cards in his hand to exercise his fingers.

"What are you talking about?"

Aoko raised her head and gently hit Kaito on the chest: "You talk as if I'm some evil person."

"Yeah, because if it was the old Aoko, she would definitely yell angrily and say something about Kidd or something."

"It's obviously your fault." Aoko puffed her lips in anger because of Kaito's teasing, and slammed her forehead against the boy, whispering, "If Kaito had told Aoko about her difficulties earlier, she would definitely not have said that."

Regarding this gem showdown, actually yesterday before the announcement of the preview letter, Suzuki Jirokichi had privately informed Officer Nakamori that the gem was not Pandora.

But the old man also emphasized that if Kaito Kidd does not appear in the Suzuki Museum on time as scheduled in the next preview, then the fact that Kuroba Kaito is the second generation of Kidd will be made public.

Even though Aoko was not happy about Kaito becoming Kid, she felt that the old man was a bit too much. Since he knew that the gems were not what Kid wanted, why did he force Kaito to steal them? As a girlfriend, she felt even more distressed for Kaito.

"Listen carefully, Kaito, you must get that gem this time."

Aoko lowered her head so that the boy wouldn't see her expression: "If you lose to Mr. Suzuki, I'll be angry."

"But Officer Nakamori..." "Dad doesn't care..." Aoko blushed. Perhaps because what she said now was so different from her past, the girl coughed twice to explain herself.

"The more rampant Kidd is, the more important his father becomes, right?"

The only policeman who was familiar with Kidd was Ginzo Nakamori. The Metropolitan Police Department had considered replacing someone to command the defense against Kidd, but they failed in the end.

Kidd's actions were even more brutal when facing a police officer who was not his future father-in-law. For example, if it was Officer Nakamori, the police could at least deal with Kidd for a few hours, but for someone else, half an hour would be considered good.

The train stopped at Beikacho Station, and the two of them walked on the road holding hands like an ordinary couple. The Suzuki Museum was not far from the train station and it didn't take long to walk there.

He felt a warm feeling on his fingers. Although they were not close, Kaito felt that he could smell the floral scent on Aoko. The boy's thoughts wandered and he remembered the girl on Hachijo Island.

[Is her name Rize? She’s Yuuji’s child…]

Kaito was imagining what his child would be called in the future, and naturally imagined Aoko as a mother. His eyes were rolling around, and he didn't even notice someone walking towards them.

"I remember you guys. You're Officer Nakamori's daughter and the boy he knew."

The speaker was a girl with a pleasant voice and fluent Japanese. She was followed by a group of men in black, isolating them from the ordinary people around them.

"You are..." Nakamori Aoko recalled for a moment, and suddenly said in surprise: "Princess An!"

The princess, who was holding the cat, saw that the couple still remembered her, so she handed Vermouth in her arms to Officer Doron, who had a bad relationship with cats, and held their hands together.

"Yes, that's right, it's me. Oh, it's good to have people I know. It's so boring when they always follow me."

The blonde princess glanced at the large group behind her with some annoyance and moved closer to the two men.

"The museum is so boring, take me to the street for a walk!"

"Ahem, Princess An, this is Beihua Town, which is quite different from the Jianguoda Town you exhibited last time."

Kuroba Kaito wants to dissuade the princess from running around in the dangerous Beika Town, on the one hand for the princess's safety, and on the other hand for his own consideration.

Even if Suzuki Jirokichi and Officer Nakamori agreed to let him scout the location in advance, they would never let him get too close to the gem, and they would definitely just briefly mention it when explaining the mechanism. But it would be different with this princess.

Kuroba Kaito immediately suggested that the princess and he go together to visit the protective facilities of the gems, but he was interrupted before he could finish his words.

"Since it's what Mr. Kidd wants, I trust him." Princess An waved her hand: "And no matter how dangerous you say Beihua Town is, Mr. Kidd will definitely come to save me."

"Eh...what's the reason?" Nakamori Aoko's tone became a little lighter.

"because…"

Princess An put her hand on her lips, as if she was reminiscing about the kiss she left on Kaito Kidd's face. Compared with Nakamori Ginzo's kiss that was actually suspended in the air, the lip print on Kidd's face was solid.

"Ah, don't let others say such embarrassing things~"

(End of this chapter)